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How to solve rising gas costs? Just ban the place you buy gas!

Los Angeles announced that it's joining a growing movement of cities looking to ban the construction of new gas stations.

The city famous for its car culture could quit building fossil fuel infrastructure – and it would be the largest city to do so yet

US yachtie helps Northland's kiwi survival by helping chick hatch 1 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read American yachtie Vandy Shrader with the newly-hatched kiwi she helped out of its egg at the Whangārei Native Bird Recovery Centre. Photos / Supplied American yachtie Vandy Shrader with the newly-hatched kiwi she helped out of its egg at the Whangārei Native Bird Recovery Centre. Photos / Supplied By Mike Dinsdale It's not everyday you get involved in helping another country's national icon survive. But that's exactly what American yachtie Vandy Shrader got to do on Friday when s...

This is the Feb. 4, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Over the last two years, 42 California cities and counties have banned or discouraged gas hookups in new buildings. The policies vary from place to place, but the goal is to shift homes and businesses from gas furnaces and stoves — which generate planet-warming emissions — to electric alternatives such as heat pumps and induction cooktops. Los Angeles had hoped to be a leader in this area. The sustainabi...